Job 21:9
Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
Job 21:9 in other translations
| BSB | Their homes are safe from fear; no rod of punishment from God is upon them. |
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| WEB | Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. |
| ASV | Their houses are safe from fear, Neither is the rod of God upon them. |
| YLT | Their houses are peace without fear, Nor is a rod of God upon them. |
| DARBY | Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. |
| BBE | Their houses are free from fear, and the rod of God does not come on them. |
| Webster | Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. |
What does Job 21:9 mean?
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 21:7-16
Job says, Remarkable judgments are sometimes brought upon notorious sinners, but not always. Wherefore is it so? This is the day of God's patience; and, in some way or other, he makes use of the prosperity of the wicked to serve his own counsels, while it ripens them for ruin; but the chief reason is, because he will make it appear there is another world. These prospering sinners make light of God and religion, as…
Job 21:9 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 21:9
- Psalms 73:5
They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
- Job 9:34
Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
- Job 18:11
Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
- Psalms 73:19
How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
- Isaiah 57:19-21
I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the Lord; and I will heal him. But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
- Job 15:21
A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
15:21; 18:11; Ps 73:19; Isa 57:19-21
the rod.
9:34; Ps 73:5
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain
Context
- Job 21:8
Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
- Job 21:9
Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
- Job 21:10
Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
Job 21:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Sus casas seguras de temor, ni hay azote de Dios sobre ellos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Leurs maisons sont en paix, loin de la frayeur, et la verge de ✝Dieu n’est pas sur eux. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ihre Häuser haben Frieden, ohne Furcht, und Gottes Rute ist nicht über ihnen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Domus eorum securæ sunt et pacatæ, et non est virga Dei super illos. |